I loved it too and on re-reading found that the line I loved the most was: ‘Her soul-fire had burned-up her roots…’ At first I was not sure what this wonderful image meant then I realised that it was not just an expressive image – it meant that she was incinerating her old life with its community prejudices, which she had been born into and in which she had at first grown roots so that she could pursue her own ‘dance’ …:-)